Article: Free personal care for elderly sought; HEALTH: Hutt scraps NHS nursing charges for OAPs.(News)

Article: Assembly urged to back move to free personal care ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  May 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... FLETCHER THE NATIONAL Assembly will today agree ... to give free personal care to the elderly ... should get free personal care, such as help ... powers of the National Assembly and called on ... its own way on personal care, the department ... measures. The ...

Article: Pensioners protest to Assembly over provision of personal ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 1, 2001 ;     629 words ... ... Scotland the brave where personal care is free. I hope he will ... researchers reckon free personal care for pensioners would cost the National Assembly around pounds 20m a year ... get help for a range of personal care services because they ...

Article: It's all down to chemistry with voters, say Lib-Dems; Lab rats ...
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  April 8, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... fluid meant to represent the National Assembly. And despite Rhodri Morgan ... 25 pupils;# to extend free personal care for the elderly; # free access ... pledges include pushing for the National Assembly to be given the same powers ...

Article: The National Assembly: POLITICS DIGEST.(News)
Daily Post (Liverpool, England);  May 22, 2002 ;     695 words ... ... issue. Mr McMenamin launched a stinging attack on the Assembly's call for Westminster to fund its pounds 67m bid for free personal care for the elderly, telling a journalist: ``This is pathetic. ``If it is such a priority for them, they can find it ...

Article: ECHO readers have been given the chance to quiz the four main ...
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  April 23, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Labour agreed to Liberal Democrat policies such as the abolition of up-front tuition fees and the introduction of free personal care for the elderly. And, in Wales, Labour agreed to more than 100 of our policies including free school milk, the reintroduction ...

Article: Assembly Ministers fear more criticism over NHS.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  January 13, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... as follows: 'The National Assembly has accepted the principle of free personal care on the basis of the ... the UK level, the National Assembly does not have the legislative ... implement a policy of free personal care.' The spokesman added ...

Article: Call for free care for the elderly in Wales.(News)
South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales);  May 17, 2002 ;     557 words ... ... introduction of free personal care for the elderly in ... follows a decision by the National Assembly to ``support the principle'' of free personal care - but it has no powers ... is provided free but personal care such as help with incontinence ...